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He's not the worst. Try this book: http://www.amazon.com/Patokafus-Trilogy-Book-Goldstone-Bk/dp/1434373754

The author's father once tried to force someone I knew to remove unkind words about the author's work using a Hotmail address and a fake DMCA notice. The father also threatened to sue. And that's not the only time that's happened. The author also does a lot of the stuff Stanek does, but has even less credibility to do so. Stanek sucks, sure, but his writing is at least occasionally coherent. The Patokafus guy...not so much.

Hmm, can we really compare "her" to Stanek though? It seems entirely unfair, pitting a thirteen year old girl's work against someone as masterful as Stanek. Besides, she is self published and I heard somewhere that someone managed to dupe a foreign house into publishing Stanek, which makes him worse be default.

Patrick, we both know a good Stanek soul shitting is umm...good for our souls? Do it! It could become a meme for all I know, the quoting of Stanekverse as if it were The Rocky Horror Picture Show :P

Joe,

I'm taking a break from reading that sort of anti-literature after this. I'm about to resume full-time work in the near future (working 40 hours this week in training), so I won't have the requisite time for reading such parvenu literature ;)

A actually pity that 13 year old girl. Her father is not doing her a favour. What she needs is a good crit group aimed at younger writers where she could get help to improve her craft, not parents who try to keep reality out.

Twilight is quite decent btw, in a modest misogynist way. Not nearly the worst vampire story you could find. Also, sparkling daylight vampires - not nearly as kitsch in written form. It even makes a kind of poetic sense.

Larry: Yes, I was daring you to buy a used copy of that book, or try to find the full text online to save yourself cash. Most of it is available to read here: http://books.google.com/books?id=fvlmnhC98qcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=patokafus&hl=en&ei=6GVtTMSEKoOC8gaR6LyuCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

There are a couple chapters missing, but I don't think it really matters.